Bottle-locking device.



PATBNTBD MAR. 20, 1 906.

B. F. VSTROBELE BOTTLE LOOKING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13, 1905.

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BOTTLE-LOCKING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern.-

. Be it known that I, EDWARD Fnnnn cx STROBEL,-a-CitiZ eI 1 of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Alle- .gheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful vImprovements in Bottle-Locking Devices, of which the following is a specification My invention relates to improvements in What may be appropriately termed bottle jar. ding contrivancea Obj-ectsof theinvention areto provide for the effective secnrin in place as against clandestine removal 0 hebottle or jar with t ontents, :to permit the osen g .0

ted ve n f t e bottle i v n of-the adhering milk freezing thereto without en'- d ngering th breaking of t e ja r bottle an ye reta n the latter-in t ec ed positi n, and to carry out the aforesaid objects in a Simple, economic,iand expeditious manner. aid HVBIl lQI on ist of c r am st tural features substantially as hereinafter fully disclosed and particularly specified.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of the preferred form of my invention. Fig. ,2 ,iS' a pla VieW thereof. Fig. 3 is'a side elevation, and Fig. 4 is a vertical central section, of the same. Fi 5 is a rear elevation thereof With the back pfate or housing removed. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section viewing upward toward the bottle-retaining clamp. Fig. 7 is a fractional detailed view showing a modification of the notched catch or means for engagement with the bottle clamp, detent, or dog to accommodate bottles or jars of different capacities. Fig. 8 is an enlarged detailed section of the bottle or jar cover engaging device interposed between the jar and its retaining-clamp.

In the disclosure of my invention I provide an upright piece, bracket, or member 1, to the lower end of which is securely fastened a base member 2 and upon which is arranged a slidable or adjustable clamp or follower member 3 and which member or bracket is firmly secured or bolted in position at any convenient point to the owner and for its use. The base member 2 has an inner stepped surface, as at 2 2", thus accommodating the same'for the reception of bottles or jars of different downward and is also stepped near its lower inner edge to form a ledge 3 therein, against Patented Maren 20, 1.906.

which'abuts or bears the upper edge of the, I

bottle or jar, as is obvious. Said clamp or follower member has its inwardeextended portion 3 abutting the inner verticalsurface of the upright member .1 to slide or move thereon and is equipped with lateral cleats or plates 3 embracing the latter with their; an.- gular terminals extending inward and-behind sa upr gh me e guide andlhc d th sam n positionthe ee he up ightme b 1 ha it r marg na edg s su fi ent y reduced to remove the inward-extending terminals of the cleats .or plates 3 from contact with the'fixture or-part to which said up.-

right member may be attached. Said clamp or follower member has-arranged and .de-

pending within its chamber a disk .or plate 4, ,constituting a supplemental clamp member having centrally secured thereto a suspendextending also centrally ling stem o througha disk or partition .5, subdividing said chamber and forming a subchamber 3 thereabove containing or housing a spring 6, effect ve to exert or deliver its pressure upon sai tem an ug the e t r upon said disk 4, holding it normally depressed to rest upon or engage the jar or bottle top, cover, or stopper, the more articular purpose of which will be disclose later. To the upper end of'the stem 4* of said disk is connected one end of a practically right-angled lever or 1 dog 7, suitably fulcrumed in the clamp or folarm arranged within a slot or recess 7 X in the member 1 and having its lower end formed With a projection or tooth 7, effective to engage a notch or indentation 8*, produced, preferably, in a plate 8, screwed or otherwise secured in the bottom of said recess out of the 1 will be noted that with a jar or bottle put in osition upon the bracket above described and by moving the follower or clamp 3 down upon the upper edge thereof and engaging the lower end projection or tooth 7 of the dog or lever 7 with the notch 8 of the plate 8 the jar or bottle may be effectively locked or clamped in such position. Thus the removal by unauthorized persons of said bot-' tle, resumably for purposes of theft, is effectua 1y prevented. In order, however, to ermit the authorized removal of said bott e, a key 9 is furnished for that purpose, to effectively use which the same is properly inserted 9 lower member 3 with its vertical or pendent IIO into a key-o ening 10, produced in the edge of the uprig t member 1 with its axial stud 'or projection 9 bearing in an alining socket 10 in the farther wall of the recess or slot 7 while its bit is brought opposite or under the pendent arm of the dog 7, said key then being suitably turned, causing its bit to engage said arm of dog and retract its stud or tooth from its receiving notch, accordingly releasing the clamp and permitting the removal of the bottle.

In case of the freezing of milk adhering to the bottle it is apparent that by requisitely moving the latter, as permitted to a limited extent, as before noted, by the spring-cushioned or'yielding disk within the chamber of the clamp 3 the bottle may be readily freed of this incumbrance without incurring the danger of breaking the bottle, as is obvious, and yet not interfere with its locked position.

In the modification as disclosed by Fig. 7 a plate 11, having a number of notches or indentations 11*, may be substituted for that aforesaid described, whereby the contrivance may be adapted to accommodate bottles of a, half-pint, pint, or quart.

I claim- 1. A contrivance of the character described, comprising an adjustable clamp effective to engage the top edge of the bottle or jar, and a locking dog or lever fulcrumed upon said clamp, and a notched fixture, said lever or dog having one arm effective for engagement with a notch of said fixture.

2. A contrivance of the character described, comprising a vertically-sliding primary clamp member effective to engage the jar or bottle at its upper edge, a spring-cushioned supplemental clamp arranged 1n said clamp, for engagement with the top or cover of the jar or bottle, and means for securin said primary clamp, with said supplemental clamp, in locked position.

3. A contrivance of the character described, comprising a primary clamp effective for engagement with the upper edge of the bottle, a supplemental clamp yieldingly cushioned within said primary clamp, a rightangled dog or lever connected to said supplemental clamp and fulcrumed upon said primary member, and a notched plate, said dog or lever having one end adapted to be locked into engagement with said notched plate.

4. A contrivance of the character described, comprising a sliding primary clamp member for engagement with the bottle at its upper edge, a spring cushioned supplemental clamp member within said primary clamp member, a notched plate, a right-angled dog connected to sa1d supplemental clamp member, and fulcrumed upon said primary clamp member and effective to engage said notched plate, and an unlocking device effective to engage said lever and retract it from the notches of said plate.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD FREDRICK STROBEL.

Witnesses:

CHAS. GOLDSTEIN, HARRY O. HARRINGTON. 

